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Improving your tone, the quick and easy way.“I like the looks of my guitar and I’ve got it set up the way I like it, but it doesn’t sound as good as I want it to!” That’s a pretty familiar request from customers, and here’s what I tell 'em:Erick Coleman, May 14, 2009

I received a call on the tech line from Adam Fox, who used to work in Dan Erlewine’s repair shop. Adam's out in Los Angeles now, writing music and working on a new project with a producer friend. He said they were recording the very next night, so Adam was going over his bandmates’ guitars to get them up to speed for the studio.The other guitarist in his band has a well-made imported Strat-style guitar. He digs the way it plays but isn’t too crazy about how it sounds. Curious about its innards, Adam popped the hood to see what was going on under there. He quickly realized why the guitar sounded so bad: it was loaded with cheapo electronics.Plastic switches, the cheapest pots and single-coil pickups with flat steel pole slugs: these pickups are a far cry from the originals that inspired them, in both their construction and their sound. If you've heard one of these guitars, you know what I'm talking about: very harsh and thin sounding.Adam had seen our Golden Age prewired pickguards online, and asked if they’d be a good option for this guitar. The answer to that question was a definite yes. These prewired guards are loaded with Golden Age single coil pickups, which are wound to vintage specs with 42-AWG coil wire and staggered Alnico V polepieces for an authentic tone. The components are the same great stuff that comes in these wiring kits.Golden Age Prewired PickguardsSimply pull the old electronicsA snip from some wire nippers, and out come the old electronics.No soldering required!Yep, that’s a screwdriver, not a soldering iron. The blue no-solder connector makes this a fast swap.

What next?That’s all there is to it! You’re all wired up! Just put the pickguard assembly in the guitar and string it up. It took longer to restring this guitar than it did to change the pickguard!Adam’s back at the recording console less than 24 hours after calling me. They began laying tracks with this guitar immediately. (Overnight shipping From Stewart Mcdonalds)

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2009 Bass Guitar LineUp

With 2009 Firmly In Place Its Time To Look At The 2009 Models Of Bass Guitars This Is Going To Take A While So Bear With Me Then We Will Move On To Five String And Some Speciality Models As Well I`m Only Going To Be Able To Give You Just One Price, So Keep In Mind You Might Find The Same Model SomeWhere Cheaper Or More Expensive, But I Will Try To Get Most Of Them. Most Of But Not All Of The Pictures You Can Click On To Learn More Info About The Bass, I`m Working Hard To Get Them All Active, Thanks For Your Patience Get Low - (*!*)-

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Lefty Delux Jazz

Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass Guitar Left Handed with Case
The Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass isn't called deluxe for nothing! Each American Deluxe model reflects all the latest refinements from Fenders R&D team - offering a synergy of pickup design and electronics - and feature abalone dot position inlays, rolled fingerboard edges, and highly detailed nut and fretwork. Additional features include: a graphite reinforced neck, premium alder or ash body, combination strings-through-body/top-load bridge, five-bolt neck plate, sculpted heel for easier access to the upper frets and chromed steel bridge plate with nickel-plated brass saddles. The Upgraded Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass captures the spirit of innovation with its three-band active EQ and two Samarium Cobalt Noiseless J Bass pickups.
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Fender Deluxe Active Jazz V 5 String Bass Guitar with Gigbag
The Fender Deluxe Active Jazz Bass V is an upgraded bass, designed with the gigging bass player in mind. The five-string Deluxe Active Jazz Bass V offers classic styling and modern features such as a comfortable C-shape neck, active electronics and Vintage Noiseless pickups. It's built with an alder body, a maple neck with a 20-fret pao ferro fingerboard (featuring a comfortable 9.5 inch radius), and powerful 3-band EQ. A deluxe Fender gig bag is included.About FenderFounded in 1946,Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has been an American icon for over 50 years. In that time, Fenders contribution to the evolving sound of contemporary music has been global and continuous. By introducing the first commercially viable solid body electric guitar, the first electric bass and countless classic amplifiers, Fender musical instruments have left their mark on jazz, blues, country, rock and many other styles of popular music.And Plan To Keep Going, Just About Any Club In Any Town In The Usa You`ll Find A Fender Musical Product, And Around The Globe As Well. Thats Pretty Amazing.....
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THE Peavey Millennium

Peavey Millennium AC BXP 5 String Electric Bass Guitar
Peavey Millennium bass guitars are well regarded as the essential working player's bass for their solid low end, playability and craftsmanship - in fact, pros such asJohn Campbell(Lamb of God),Josh Sattler(doubleDRIVE) andMarco Mendoza(Ted Nugent, Whitesnake) are avid Millennium players.The Millennium is a dynamic bass Guitar you can dial it to be muddy and thick or you can crisp it up. You can go pretty much anywhere. It's a solid bass that'll withstand the rigors of a touring metal band. It's proven- John Campbell of Lamb of God Millennium AC BXP basses feature basswood bodies, hard rock maple necks with rosewood fretboards and attractive quilted maple tops. An active electronic system, driven by Peavey Cirrus neck and bridge active pickups, provides an extra boost in volume and tone with more expressive sound control. These 21-fret, 34 inch scale basses also feature volume, pickup blend, bass, mid and treble controls, as well as the new Peavey headstock design.
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SATYR A Bass You Can Afford For A Change

In 1999, two friends (Waylon Ford & Belinda Lee) sat in a dimly lit studio while reading over some guitar magazines. The common subject at hand centered on how drastically guitar prices had inflated to the general public. From that moment, the wheels were Turning To Get Started On Products That Musicians Could Actually Afford....Born Is The Satyr

The Jaguar

Fender Jaguar Electric Bass Guitar
The Fender Jaguar Electric Bass Guitar blinds you with chrome and provides more switches and dials than Mission Control!Fender once again scales new heights of cool with the Jaguar bass guitar. After all, they invented the bass guitar, along with the design of the Jaguar guitar. This hybrid model combines both concepts into an unbelievably cool instrument.The Jaguar Bass has an alder body, a thin, fast one-piece C-shaped maple neck (and even a matching headstock on Hot Rod Red model). The rosewood fingerboard has aged block position markers, and the roar pours forth from two Jazz Bass pickups with an active/passive pickup system and series/parallel switching. So incredibly cool - they should have thought of this years ago! Fender Founded in 1946, Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has been an American icon for over 50 years. In that time, Fender`s contribution to the evolving sound of contemporary music has been global and continuous. By introducing the first commercially viable solid body electric guitar, the first electric bass and countless classic amplifiers, Fender musical instruments have left their mark on jazz, blues, country, rock and many other styles of popular music.
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Standard Precision Bass: The sounds that create legends! Since its introduction in the early 50s, professional bass players of all musical genres have relied on the Fender Precision Bass for its thick tone and unmatched reliability. The Standard Precision Bass incorporates the best of the old and new,offering a modern single-coil pickup, shielded body cavities, medium jumbo frets, and vintage style Fender Bridge. New features include a tinted neck,parchment pick guard and a 70s-style logo. The Standard Precision Bass - plug one in and hear for yourself! This model comes with an arctic white finish and rosewood fretboard. 499.00 usd THE P BASS THE ICON

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Two Guitars And A Bass Drum

2009 Bass Guitar Lineup Cont......

Here It Is........
Epiphone Thunderbird IV Electric Bass Guitar
The Epiphone Thunderbird IV Reverse Bass is Epiphone`s most distinctive bass guitar to date.The Thunderbird features the classic reverse body styling and dual humbuckers just like the Gibson originals! The Thunderbird IV features an alder body and a 34 inch scale bolt-on maple neck with a rosewood fretboard and dot inlays, and warm and phat dual humbucking pickups. The Goth version of the Thunderbird sports a mahogany body with a black finish and a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard and a special inlay on the 12th fret and a special pickguard with a Celtic cross design. It is equipped with dual humbuckers as well.About Epiphone Guitar Epiphone's passion has always been about more than just making guitars. It has been about making music. It has been about understanding what is inside every musican that makes them want to, have to, express themselves. And understanding the myriad musical styles, where they are going and how they might develop. For over one hundred and twenty-five years they have continually looked for new and better ways to help players take their music farther.

A Beauty G. L. 2009 PRICE

G&L Tribute L2000 Bass Guitar with Gigbag
The G&L Tribute L2000 bass guitar is outfitted with so many tonal possibilities, it`ll make your head spin.In the last 25 years, G&L have perfected the art of building quality guitars and basses. G&L's hand crafted instruments offer unmatched quality in every area. The Tribute L2000 features 2 G&L Magnetic Field humbucking pickups and G&L Tri-Tone active/passive electronics. A 3-way mini-toggle pickup selector is provided to choose your pickup combination configuration along with a series/parallel mini-toggle and a preamp control mini-toggle for tons of variability. The hard rock maple neck combined with the alder body and G&L Saddle Lock bridge provides tons of sustain. Other features include custom G&L Ultra-Litetuning keys and apadded gigbag is includedto keep your new baby in excellent condition.G&L Tribute Series G&L founder, Leo Fender, spent the last decade of his life lavishing all the knowledge and wisdom he had acquired over the years on the creation of his beloved G&L instruments. He considered the G&L guitars and basses the masterpieces of his lifetime of creativity. Leo worked in his private laboratory at the G&L factory in Fullerton, California, until the very last day of his life and he would not have wanted it any other way. While G&Ls unique and highly desirable instruments continue to be meticulously crafted in the historic Fender Avenue factory, they are not accessible to many musicians.G&L Tribute Series sets a dramatic new standard in the popular price range by bringing unique G&L features and standardized CNC quality together in a surprisingly affordable line of guitars and basses. With genuine original equipment G&L pickups and bridges supplied by the Fender Avenue factory, Tribute Series instruments are equipped with unmistakable tone, sustain and playability that surpasses more expensive instruments.With unbeatable value and performance in a high quality instrument, once you play a G&L Tribute Series, youll never look back.
CANNOT BEAT 699.99

2009 FENDER

AT ONLY 619.99
Fender Standard Upgrade Precision Electric Bass Guitar with Gig Bag
Fender Standard Precision Electric Bass Guitar Upgrade brings together modern and classic technology to create a powerhouse P Bass.The sound of the Precision (P) bass has created bass guitar legends. Born in the early 1950s, Fender's Precision Bass has held its title as the standard for thick bass tonality with a playability that is as smooth as its sound. The Standard P Bass has been given a few upgrades for 2009, incorporating the best of the old and new ways of this coveted Fender legend.Fender Standard Upgrade FeaturesOne modern single-coil pickupShielded body cavityMedium jumbo fretsVintage-style Fender BridgeTinted Satin Urethane neckThree-ply parchment pickguard'70s-era logoIncludes Standard gig bagThe Standard Precision Bass is an icon among the greatest basses ever created. Just plug one in and listen for yourself.

2009 BASS GUITAR Lineup Continued

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2009 Ibanez Soundgear
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Electric Bass Guitar bY Ibanez
The Ibanez JTKB200 Electric Bass Guitar has the look and feel of much higher priced instruments that players of all musical styles look for.The JTKB200 brings to life a time when the clubs weren't quite as tame, and being on the road was a crash course in survival. The Jet King bass has classic tones and looks, but is ready for the harsh realities of the modern world. This awesome bass monster features 70's style vintage-feel with chrome-covered passive soapbar pickups for that growling tone. The 3 piece JTKB4 neck with medium frets placed on a mahogany body with durable saddle anchors combine to create a bass that everyone will enjoy to play.
The Jet King Below
Just 399.99
More Great Ibanez....
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Ibanez GSR200 Left Handed Electric Bass Guitar
The Ibanez GSR200 Left Handed Electric Bass Guitar delivers the looks, tone and comfort - and the same warranty, rigorous set-up and inspection - of Ibanez' most expensive basses.More and more players are passing up the lifeless looks and tired tones of beginner basses and are going to GSR Soundgear basses - which is why GSR Soundgears are now the most popular basses in their price range in the world. GSR models now come equipped with the pro B10 bridge for even better tone and stability.GSR4 Neck Only 21mm thick at the 1st fret, the GSR is a slightly wider 22 fret version of the thin, fast Soundgear neck.Agathis Body A relative of mahogany with similar tonal characteristics, agathis provides warm lows with strong sustain.Rosewood Fingerboard Rosewood offers a strong, bright sound and an attractive appearance with a long grain.PSNDP Neck Pickup The Power sound P is a high output, passive single coil pickup with plenty of punch. Ceramic magnet.PSNDJ Bridge Pickup The Powersound J is a high output, passive single coil pickup with added highs. Ceramic magnet.

The Epiphone S.G.Style

And Only 299.99
Epiphone EB3 Electric Bass Guitar
The Epiphone EB3 takes professional features and makes them affordable.This bass is for beginners and pro-Players. Solid Mahogany construction featuring a set mahogany neck with a nut width of 1.65 inches, it feels great and is very playable. The Electronics include the Sidewinder pickup for depth, and The Mini-Humbucker gives body and detail. Trapezoid-Inlays give this bass a nice vintage look with a modern Sound suitable for players of all genres and skill levels.
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Dean 2009 MetalMan 2 a. v.299.00

MetalMan 2 av

2009 Dean Edge 299.00

Ever Build Your Own Guitar Or Bass ?

I Started Building Some Basses Last Year And Actually Have 2 Done And It Was Not As Hard As I Thought.
For Me The Hardware Was The Hardest Part.
Here Is A Good Reference Book Something I`ll
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Ever Been Stuborn ?

2009 BASS LINE UP PEAVEY

And Only 309.99
For a 5 String Electric Bass Guitar
It's never been easier to own a quilt-top Peavey bass!Peavey's Millennium 5 BXP electric bass is a perfect balance of beauty and brawn. A real maple quilt top maple veneer provides stellar looks at a whole new price point. The 34 inch scale smooth satin finish neck is made of hard rock maple with rosewood fretboard. We've also included our string through body design for added sustain and power it up with two straight single coil humbuckers. The result is a beautiful bass with awesome sound and versatility. Try the Millennium 5 BXP to feel the spectacular action and smooth, even tone. To top it all off we've added a five year warranty. Simply the best five string electric bass in this price range.Beauty, Balance, Perfection.Also available with a hardshell case at an incredible price!
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Easy To Follow Bass Guitar Lessons

2009 Dean Razor Back 499.00

2009 DEAN Metal 2 az 299.00

2009 Dean Bass Guitars

2009 DEAN ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC Beautiful 299.00

Black Acoustic Electric By Dean 149.00 low price good quality

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2009 4 String Bass Lineup Continued

With 2009 Firmly In Place Its Time To Look At The 2009 Models Of Bass Guitars This Is Going To Take A While So Bear With Me Then We Will Move On To Five String And Some Speciality Models As Well I`m Only Going To Be Able To Give You Just One Price, So Keep In Mind You Might Find The Same Model SomeWhere Cheaper Or More Expensive, As There are so many builders and deals ,sales going on I Have found it impossible to keep up but doing the best I can With Limited time. Good Luck HuntingYamaha RBX4 A2 Electric Bass Guitar Yamaha RBX4 A2 Electric Bass Guitar features Yamaha's A.I.R. Body Construction Technology! Join the revolution in evolution. It has long been stated that the more uniform and heavy the material,The Better The Sound And More Sustain Well This Is It.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Yamaha 299.97

Yamaha RBX4 A2 Electric Bass Guitar

2009 Electric Bass Guitar Lineup Continued Dean RazorBack

Dean Razorback Features35 inch scaleMulti-laminate neck-thru constructionRosewood fingerboardBasswood body2 humbucking soapbar pickups2-band active EQHigh-mass bridgeSealed die-cast tunersAbout Dean Guitars - A Quick History Lesson...Dean Guitars was born in 1976, in the attic of the Chicago suburban childhood home of company founder Dean B. Zelinsky. The eighteen-year-old Zelinsky was convinced that guitar design and manufacturing had hit a wall. Rock music was huge and guitar makers were failing to keep up with the times. The world was ready for a guitar that looked, played, and sounded superior to what was available from manufacturers at that time. Zelinsky had a better idea. What followed was a line of electric guitars that for the first time allowed players to play to their potential. With its highly visible V-shaped headstock and trademark wing logo, Dean became in effect, the first boutique guitar line in the history of rock music.These guitars had to be played to be believed, and played they were! Dean guitars started showing up on rock stages worldwide, album covers, and especially on the newly emerging channel called MTV. Dean Guitars were featured in the award-winning MTV Video of the Year three of the first four years running. By the time Dean created the famous Spinning Fur Guitars, Dean’s early place in Rock history was firmly cemented.Over a quarter century later, you can still buy that same USA made boutique Dean Guitar. Today, Dean Guitars has taken that same concept of creating a superior instrument to a whole new level. Dean now offers a full line of fretted instruments including electric and acoustic guitars, basses, jazz guitars, resonators, banjos and mandolins. More importantly, Dean is dedicated to delivering these fine quality instruments at a value that is second to none.No longer do you need to be a platinum selling artist to play Dean and play in high style.The price of a dean would dictate a low quality instrument but this is simply not true, With A Dean Guitar You Get Nothing But High Quality And Great CraftmanshipWhich equals Wonderfull Dean Sound, Playing A Dean Is A Winner....-(*!*)-

2009 Dean RazorBack

Rock n Roll 499.98 U.S. DOLLARS

Song Lyrics

This Is By One Of My Fellow Band MatesHe Does Such A Good Job None Of The Rest of Us FeltThe Need To Screw It Up, Its A Solo Called " Cassiopia"

Here Is The Lyrics And Then You Can Take A link To Our Band Page And Hear It, Its A Cool Song I Think You Will Like It.------------------------------------

LyricsI'm just another lonely exileGazing homeward from afarLate one night I fell to earthI rode shotgun on a falling starI hit the ground hard,It was a long and lonely rideI woke feeling helpless,feeling gravity tiedAnd stranded earthbondForever earthbound, my friendNow I turn upon this terra firmaAnd search the sky each nightI got myself an old telescopeSo I can keep you in my sightThe locals call me crazyWhen I tell them about usThey shake their headsAnd call me IcarusBut they can't comprehendJust how far I've beenI just seem like one of themSomeone who has always beenStanded earthboundForever earthbound, my friendI'm stranded earthbound my friendAnd feeling far too heavy to pretendOr ignore those cynicsWith their science who sayThat you're at least100 billion Light years awayand the image of you thatSeems to shine so brightMaybe just a phantom,a trick of traveling lightThis I'll never know my friendI'll be long gone by thenThese facts of matter seemFar less important whenYou're stranded earthboundForever earthbound, my friendGo Hear It Here

Check Out This Colorfull DanElectro Baritone Bass

2009 Bass Guitar Lineup Continued

Our Next Model Is A True Icon Bass Guitar s And Goes By The Name Of Simply Ric- --------------------

The Rickenbacker Vintage Tone Selector is an additional control included standard at no additional cost on all 4003 basses beginning in the 2006 model year.Prior to 1984, Rickenbacker basses utilized a capacitor in the treble pickup circuit to emphasize treble tones coming from that pickup. However, changes in tone preference and a call for higher output led RIC to discontinue the use of this capacitor in favor of a more balanced sound. Nevertheless many users added this capacitor back into the circuit, experimenting with and sometimes preferring the sound of the older configuration, despite the resulting drop in volume.Rickenbacker has now decided to give their players a choice, allowing the best of both worlds. With a simple pull of the treble tone control, the Vintage Tone Selector will allow a player to move between both sounds at the drop of a hat. Pressed in, you'll hear the familiar balanced tone of the 4003, while pulled out to engage the circuit, you'll appreciate the bite and crispness popularized by such artists as Chris Squire.Handmade in America - three words that proudly embody Rickenbacker's unchanging commitment to quality and excellence. A commitment that is as strong today as it was in the Company's beginnings, over sixty five years ago.Indeed, little has changed in the production of Rickenbacker guitars and basses. The time-honored skills of craftsmanship and handwork are as prevalent in the Rickenbacker factory as the lack of modern conveyer-belt assembly lines.While utilizing some of the most modern tools and equipment available, Rickenbacker has been selective in employing technology to be sure that improved quality is the only reason for not performing the operation in a traditional fashion. In fact, to the greatest extent, the most skillful and demanding work is still done entirely by hand.Despite the somewhat European sounding name, every instrument bearing the Rickenbacker name was produced in Rickenbacker's own factory in California, U.S.A.*There are no returns allowed on Rickenbacker basses.Specifications and additional product informationRickenbacker 4003 Bass SpecificationsBody Type: SolidNumber of Frets: 20Scale Length: 84.5 cm (33 1/4-inches)Neck Width at Nut: 42.9 mm (1 11/16-inches)Neck Width at 12th Fret: 54.0 mm (2 1/8-inches)Crown Radius: 30.5 cm (12 inches)Body Wood: MapleNeck Wood: MapleFingerboard Wood: RosewoodWeight: 4.1 kg (9.0 lbs.)Overall Length: 113.8 cm (44 13/16 inches)Overall Width: 34.3 cm (13 1/2 inches)Overall Depth: 31.8 mm (1 1/4 inch)Fingerboard Binding: YesNumber of Sides with Body Binding: 1Fret Marker Style: TriangleTailpiece: RICBridge: RICNeck Type: Through bodyNumber of Pickups: 2Type of Pickups: Single CoilOutput Type: Mono and StereoMachine Heads: Schaller Deluxe

Sorry They Would Not Give Us A Price But We Are Working Them It Will Not Be LongUpdate We Have A EMail Into Rics Factory To Try To Get AProducts List And Price List, Patience !

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Remember Jim Croce That Is What A Great Singer Songwriter Sounds Like

For Jim Croce A Musical Career Meant Many Days And Long Nights On the road. Alot Of Out of the way College Campuses
in small towns. On September 20 1973 in Natchitoches La.
The Small Plane not unlike hundreds he and his band used
to get from gig to gig. Somehow caught a tree at the end of a dark runway. The Little plane got hung up crashed and killed the whole band. What A Sad day for music.
No Body could know what this world would be like had Jim
Croce Been alive all these years. But we do know something
This Man Wrote and sang some great music. In His time he had his share of geat songs. Remember Time in a Bottle ?
Operator ? Leroy Brown ? I still love those songs today.

I Got A Name

Like the pine trees linin' the windin' road
I've got a name, I've got a name
Like the singin' bird and the croakin' toad
I've got a name, I've got a name
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I'm livin' the dream that he kept hid
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Like the north wind whistlin' down the sky
I've got a song, I've got a song
Like the whippoorwill and the baby's cry
I've got a song, I've got a song
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

And I'm gonna go there free
Like the fool I am and I'll always be
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
They can change their minds but they can't change me
I've got a dream, I've got a dream
Oh, I know I could share it if you want me to
If you're going my way, I'll go with you
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by/ / / //

If I could save Time in a bottleThe first thing that I'd like to doIs to save every day'Til Eternity passes awayJust to spend them with youIf I could make days last foreverIf words could make wishes come trueI'd save every day like a treasure and then,Again, I would spend them with you

CHORUS:But there never seems to be enough timeTo do the things you want to doOnce you find themI've looked around enough to knowThat you're the one I want to goThrough time with

If I had a box just for wishesAnd dreams that had never come trueThe box would be emptyExcept for the memoryOf how they were answered by you

(Repeat Chorus)"

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Ever Use A Metronome ?

If You Are Just Starting Out as a bass player. You Might have wondered how and the heck do I keep time all thru a long song ? Good Question Practice Practice and Practice with a metronome , A Metronome is a gadget not unlike A clock it clicks to perfect time and you turn it on and practice your base lines and scales and songs all the time keeping time with the metronome and it works, It unknowing to you trains you to keep perfect time. Its a must for a new bass player.
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All The Lonely People .......Eleanor Rigby.......

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Ah, look at all the lonely peopleAh,look at all the lonely peopleEleanor rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been Lives in a dreamWaits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the doorWho is it for?All the lonely peopleWhere do they all come from ?All the lonely peopleWhere do they all belong ?Father mckenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hearNo one comes near.Look at him working. darning his socks in the night when there's nobody thereWhat does he care?All the lonely peopleWhere do they all come from?All the lonely peopleWhere do they all belong?Eleanor rigby died in the church and was buried along with her nameNobody cameFather mckenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the graveNo one was savedAll the lonely peopleWhere do they all come from?All the lonely peopleWhere do they all belong?

Building My First Ashbory Bass

After Building My First Full Size Fretless Bass ( See Mahogony G Bass ) I Have Decided To Tackle A Smaller Project ha,ha ... No really This Build Is Going To Be A Full Scale Actually Larger Than Scale Ashbory Bass. The Ashbory Bass Was First Produced By D Armond And Guild And Now Also Marketed By Fender, After Years Of Non Production, Alot Of Misicians Are Glad To Know The Ashbory Is Back...

The Ashbory Is A Small Scale Bass With A Huge Sound.With A Scale Length Of Only 18 Inches And Weighing in at only under 3 pounds. It Has A Sound Not Unlike The BiggestDoghouse Upright Basses Out There.

With 100% Pure Silicone Rubber Strings The Ashbory Obviously Does Not Rely On Electro Magnetic Signals,Produced by steel strings vibrating over electrictly chargedmagnetic pickups. No This little Brute has a microphonic pickup similar to that of a acoustic guitar or violin or Standard Upright Bass. This Pickup Reproduces a great sound thru a standard 1/4 inch guitar cable and then onto a typical amplifier.

Its Light Weight And Small Size along with a huge deep bass sound Makes This Amazing Instrument Popular by all who know about it.

With onboard active electronic preamp many different sounds arepossible. The preamp is run by a single 9 volt battery, Withseparate bass and treble and volume pots, The Sounds are only limited to ones style of play. For More info on the Ashbory Bass And how to get your hands on one.Here is a link to a great site all about the Ashbory And Even A Forum To Learn More.If You Are Interested In my Build of the Ashbory Look For My Next Post About Ashbory Build as this one got quite long.later-(*!*)-Get Low

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Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive lyricsAgents of the law
Luckless pedestrian
I know you're out there
With rage in your eyes and your megaphones
Saying all is forgiven
Mad dog surrender
How can I answer
A man of my mind can do anything
Chorus:I'm a bookkeeper's son
I don't want to shoot no one
Well I crossed my old man back in oregon
Don't take me alive
Got a case of dynamite
I could hold out here all night
Yes I crossed my old man back in oregon
Don't take me aliveCan you hear the evil crowd
The lies and the laughter
I hear my inside
The mechanized hum of another world
Where no sun is shining
No red light flashing
Here in this darkness
I know what I've done
I know all at once who I amChorusI'm a bookkeeper's son
I don't want to shoot no one
Well I crossed my old man back in oregon
Don't take me alive
Got a case of dynamite
I could hold out here all night
Yes I crossed my old man back in oregon
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I have a homemade bike me and my brother built many years ago. Runs and drives but the back tire kind of rides sideways. The seat blew out a few years ago and I made do with a sofa cushion, duct tape and a couple of 2x 4's ( the ultimate fix! ). It runs like a champ but does smoke alot especially if you are hard on the gas. Uses about a quart of oil for each gas fillup. I usually just put the oil directly in the gas as it is going to burn it anyway and that way it is easy. Can't drive over 12 miles or so at a time as the motor gets red hot and starts loosing power so probably a good bike for someone who drives locally. Does backfire and squeel pretty loud occasionally so I usually wear earplugs of some kind. DOES NOT pass emmissions so would need to be registered in a county without emmisions check. Great first bike otherwise!

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You want to know how it will beMe and her or you and meYou both sit there with your long hair flowingYour eyes alive, Your minds are still growingSaying to me what can we do now that weBoth love you -- I love you tooBut I don't really see, Why can't we go on as threeYou are afraid, embarrased too, No one has ever in your sweet short life childSaid such a thing to youYour mother's ghost stands at you shoulderGot a face like ice -- just a little colderSaying you can not do that it breaks all the rulesYou learned in schoolBut I don't really see, why can't we go on as "mmm " threeYou know we love each other it's plain to seeThere's just one answer comes to meSister lovers -- Some of you must know about water brothersAnd in time maybe othersSo you see what we can doIs to try something new - that is if you're crazy tooBut I don't really see, Why can't we go on as three

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Welcome To The Best In Bass GuitarsBass Players Work Hard And Really Hold The Mix Together And Usually We Are Under Appreciated, And We All Know That. But They Just Cannot Get Along Very Good Without Us. And We Trully Try Hard To Make Those Guitar Players Sound BetterIts Still Easy To Tell That There Is A Huge Amount Of Passion For The Electric Bass Guitar, And I Do And Always Will Love Playing My Bass..While LearningNot To Suck At It.And Make The Room Shake HardHere Is A Link To Our Band Page, Critics Are Always Welcome But Please Be Kind I`m Leaving My Self Wide Open Here.....

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Fender Rumble 15 Bass Combo AmplifierFENDER RUMBLE 15 COMBO BASS AMPLIFIER Sporting attributes usually found on more expensive amplifiers, the Rumble 100 combo features carpet covering, oversized plastic corners, metal grill and the stylized Fender Bass Amplification logo. The Rumble 15's exclusive red ?stage light? pulsates with your playing to inspire you to get better faster! This amp is loaded with the tones and features that pro players demand, yet at a price that even beginning bassists can afford. ?Honey? I shrunk the Big Rig!" The Rumble 15 combo sports 15 watt power section cranked through a Fender Special Design 8" speaker in a closed-back cabinet. The Rumble 15 will help take you to the next level of bass playing. It also features a CD input to jam along to your favorite music. Take the next step ? with the Rumble 15 combo. Features: Solid state bass amplifier 15 watts into 8 ohms 8" Fender Special Design: 8 ohm, 25 watts capacity Single channel 3-band EQ Auxiliary input for CD, tape or drum machine Delta comp adaptive compression circuitry Headphone jack Sealed cabinet Black carpet covering Rugged black metal grill Oversized plastic corners Size: 15"h x 13"w x 9.25"d. Wt. 24 lbs.

Behringer BVT5500H FIREBIRD GX108/THUNDERBIRD BX108: Practice made perfect.Picture this: you and your buddies have a band. You've been gigging around town and are making a name for yourselves. It's time to start doing some serious songwriting and get that first CD done. You grab your guitar and your GX108 and drive over to the bass player's house. He's got the PC up and running and a cookin' drum loop is coming from the soundcard. Using the tape inputs, he hooks up the left soundcard output to your GX108 and the right out to his BX108, and plugs a tape out from each amp into the soundcard inputs. He briefly explains his song idea then sets the PC in record and off you go. After a couple takes, you've got good guide tracks for a new song. You save it, email it to your keyboard player and your singer, and start working on the next tuneâ€¦That's just one example of the many ways you can effectively use our new practice combos. You can also use them for small, unplugged gigs. Or, if you play keyboards, to give those bass or guitar samples an extra touch of realism for your demos or MIDI productions.Of course, you can also simply practice with them. And don't leave home without one: it's about the best thing you can have along on tour for warming up before the gig or keeping your chops up in the hotel room on a day off. Features: 15-Watt RMS bass practice combo with bass reflex cabinet Custom-made 8" speaker Cool retro design with burgundy top panel, black covering and leather handle Level control plus great-sounding 3-band EQ Stereo tape I/O plus phones out

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Line 6 Low Down LD150 Bass Combo AmpThe Line 6 LowDownâ„¢ LD150 bass guitar combo amp delivers five carefully crafted amp models that can take you from vintage punch to modern grind. You also get a critical set of effects that no bass player should be without. Once you create your own custom sound, you can save it into a preset using the channel memories on the front panel and instantly recall it anytime. AMP MODELS: Clean Inspired by* the Eden Traveler, this model is all about clean, funk and fusion bass tone. It'll give you all the warm lows and punchy highs you need R&B Inspired by* a 1968 B-15 Flip Top, this model is a tribute to those late 60's and early 70's clean fat bass tones. It is the kind of tone you hear on most Motown recordings, as played by a pioneering young James Jamerson. Rock This model is inspired by* the '74 Ampeg SVT. This workhorse has appeared on innumerable recordings and arena stages worldwide. And now all the tone of the 300-pound behemoth 8X10 and head is available in your combo! Brit Based on a '68 Marshall Super Bass, this model delivers the kind of overdriven bass sound brought to us by late â€˜60's British rock pioneers like Cream and The Who. Grind As the name would suggest, this is for modern rock lovers, Alice in Chains to Mudvayne and Rage Against The Machine. Based on* a distorted SansAmp PSA-1 into an SVT in addition to a direct clean bass signal mixed in, this model gives you that angry, clear and punchy aggression that takes your sound to DEFCON 1. But that's not allâ€¦ Synth Sitting at the back of the model knob is this secret weapon that turns LowDown into a '70s classic bass synth. From funk to modern rock, this synth model delivers incredible tones and tracks every dynamic move you make with ease! EFFECTS MODELS: Envelope filter Based on* a Q-Tron, this is the baddest envelope filter on the planet. This effect can be heard on tons of major funk and rock tunes. Octaver Based on* the EBS OctaBass, this effect produces a single note one octave below the pitch of the played note, adding a powerful new vibe to your sound. Chorus Based on* the much loved T.C. Electronic Chorus. This is the most transparent, smooth and expressive chorus for bass ever built. Using it does not reduce your low end and it's especially beautiful on fretless bass. Amazing Tone On Stage and In The Studio! The XLR Direct Output was designed for recording or sending your sound to a house sound system when you're playing live. This output utilizes our exclusive A.I.R. processing which has made Line 6 products like POD the undisputed standard for direct recording. Whether you're playing a gig in a club or rushing off to a recording session, this POD based direct out will give you huge, mic'd amp tone everywhere you go! Finally, there's a line of bass combos that give you great tone, performance, and flexibility all at an incredible price. Features: 5 Incredible Bass Amp Models: Clean, R&B, Rock, Brit, and Grind 5 Essential Bass Effects: S

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This Explains Some Different Types Of Bass Guitar Strings, And Thier Qualities To Help You Shop For New Strings

Electric Bass GuitarStainless Steel - exceptionally brilliant tone and anti-corrosive characteristics. They last significantly longer than their nickel counterparts and produce ultimate volume and sustain.Nickel-Plated Steel - "hot" strings with highly magnetic characteristics produce a traditional bright sound.Nylon-Taped Wound - a teflon or nylon (usually black) coating is applied to reduce finger noise and make strings smoother and easier to play. String brilliance is subdued making an electric bass sound more like an acoustic bass. Popular for bluegrass or jazz.Ground-Wound - a round-wound string is ground to flatten the outside surface. They are more flexible than true flat-wound strings and tend to be brighter and richer.Flat-Wound - a flat wrap is used for a smooth string. This process reduces the brilliance of the sound leaving a more mellow tone and easier fingering.

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Practicing Can be boring no matter what skill level you are.

But Sticking with it thru the DulDrums can and will reward you. I Know personally when i practice because I have to , Because I just have to learn a song, or a certain riff or something. It can be boring sometimes, And other times it really rewarding,Thats just the way it goes probably with just about everything. You drag yourself to the practice room and pick up the bass and if you dont feel like doing it, it seems to come out bad also.

So by doing it badly a few times , I found out Its better to try to make it fun somehow, Even at my age its still possible to make it fun.

Make up a game with yourself, Like see how many times you can run thru the riff as fast as possible without a mistake. Try It over and over, Then see how many times you can run thru it without a mistake, Try it over and over, Then see how many times you can run the riff nonstop no breaks in between riffs, Just let one bar run right into the next like they are all connected, Then try seeing how fast you can go without a mistake, Then see how many times you can play it over and over without a mistake.

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How Our Music Got Its Shape Roger McGuinn (ongoing series)

Modern Pop Music How It Got Its Shape

Before The Famous Group The Byrds. Roger McGuinn Performed With Various groups, Like "The Limeliters" And"The Chad Mitchell Trio"

Being A Born and raised Chicagoian. Roger Studied at the Old Town Shool Of Folk Music. And being very active on the Chicago folk music scene.He Quickly Made A name for himself as a avid and possibly Great Stringed instrument player.He Had mastered the guitar banjo, mandelin. Starting as a teen ager who idolized The Music of Bob Gibson.Roger Excelled at his music a true musician.Shortly Just Days After Graduating High School

He Was Standing On A Stage in California Playing With The Limeliters As Thier Guitar And Banjo Player.Music Was All he wanted, Day and night.

Roger Played On The limeliters album "Tonight In Person" at age 18 . Soon he was to join The Hot "Chad Mitchell Trio"And Recorded with them in 1961 Another albumCalled "Mighty Day On Campus" And Still not old enough to legally drink.

Then Another earned break came his way, When he ran into "Bobby Darin" And Darrin convinced Roger to move to NewYork And Go To Work For His publishing co. "T.M. music"T.M. Music was located in the music famous "Brill Building".And Roger Soon adjusted to being a staff song writer.

He And Another T.M. Music writer "Frank Gari" co wrote"Beach Ball" And They even performed it live with Bobby Darinand billed themselfs as "The City Surfers" And They Put Out A single thats very rare in july 1963...

After hearing the "Beatles " live right at the Brill Bulding.Roger was deeply inspired with what he heard.Soon he was gigging in all the coffee houses in greenwitchvillage, With A folk Song lineup but playing it to this new rock beat. That He heard from the 4 from England.

His New style of mixing folk with the new rock music .did not please everyone. The Diehard Folk Music Purist weretotally offended. And Let It Be well known.

But Roger was head strong for this new sound. So he bravelyPacked it up and off to L.A. he went.and soon landed some work at the "Troubador"

One night after Roger opened A set for uprising star"Hoyt Axton" Gene Clark Came Backstage and praised his great style and newfound musical blend, Back Then The Traditional Music of the day was any thing but rock.But Roger had found a way to blend traditional " Folk Americana" with the very new and yet Mis UnderstoodRock music For a sound that would forever shape music as we know it.Soon "Gene Clark" caught the same rock bug. And He and Roger started writing songs together. They Did Most Of Thierwork at the folk den of the Troubadour And played gigs as a duo.Another singer songwriter was hanging out at the Troubadour In The mid sixties his name "David Crosby" And Crosby Quickly took to the rock bug too...Crosby joined in and they called themselfs the JetSet

And Started Giging around L.A. and writing with Roger And Gene on a regular basis, And Crosby added a unique Pleasant Harmony To The Trio, And Before a couple months went byThe Trio Had Developed thier own unique sound that wasVery popular by a expanding local crowd. And The Core group of players is now in place

Success Is Around The Corner

The trio decided to get serious With this new sound, The fan base demanded more. So They decided to expand the trio to Five, They first recruited Conga drum player Michael ClarkeOnly because he had a physical resemblance to 2 of the "Rolling Stones" Another very popular group from England.Next It Was "Chris Hillman"a mandolin player who was askedto join the group but he had to learn the "Bass Guitar"A Adjustment he gladly accepted.This Band was called The "Beefeaters"It was right around Thanksgiving 1964The Five decided to change the band name to "Byrds" and by Janurary 1965 a new legend was born.

They signed with Columbia records And put out a immediate hit.Written by Bob Dylan, It Was Called "Mr. Tambourine Man"And It Went No. 1 . Followed By Turn Turn Turn a song written by Pete Seger Went to number 3 Many More but

By 1967 there was increasing tension between the band members, McGuinn and Hillman becoming irritated by what they saw as Crosby's overbearing egotism and his attempts to jockey for control of the band. In June, when The Byrds performed at the Monteray Pop Festival

Crosby sang the majority of lead vocals, and to the intense annoyance of the other members gave lengthy speeches between every song on the JFK assassination and the benefits of giving L.S.D. to "every man, woman and child in the country."

He further irritated the band by performing with rival band The Buffalo Springfield filling in for Neil Young.

His stock within the band deteriorated even more following the commercial failure of his first A-side song, "Lady Friend", released in July (US #82).

By October, during the recording of the fifth Byrds album, Crosby refused to participate in taping the Goffin-King number "Goin' Back" in preference to his own "Triad", a controversial song about a menage a trois.These Incidence And A Few More Blowups During Recording Sessions In The StudioWere Effective In Getting David Crosby A Pink Slip, Yes He Was Officially Fired From The Byrds In Early 1968.And Singer Song Writer Gene Clark And Drummer Michael Clarke had left on thier own.This Left Just Roger Mcguinn And Chris Hillman

In 1968 McGuinn And Co founder Hillman hired Gram Parsons and together they headed for Nashville where they recorded the famous "SweetHeart Of The Rodeo"

This Group of players Including Roger McGuinn, Gram Parsons, , Chriss Hillman,And Hillmans Cousin The Drummer for Ry Cooder Kevin Kelly.This was the lineup for the now famoue Sweet Hearts Of The Rodeo.Gram Parsons Did Most Of The Lead Vocals On The Original Mix, Only To Be Remixed With Roger Mcguinn Singing After It Was Discovered That Parsons Was Under Contract With Another Lable At The Time And Cuold Not Partake In Such Recordings

Although the music was slow to catch on in either the rock crowd because of its twangy sound, Or The country crowd because of the long hair of the performers. So This Music Hardly Made It Out Of The Gate At First.

But has since that time turned into the iconic bench mark for the country rock class and propelled Parsons to be the King Of alt Country Music.

In 1973 Roger McGuinn disbanded the Byrds to pursue his dreams of a solo career. He Went on to record 5 albums for Columbia Records. But in 1978 Roger rejoined old palsGene Clark And Chriss Hillman This Time For Capital Records

They Called Themselfs McGuinn,Clark, Hillman and they released their debut album in 1979. The Band Did Quite WellPerforming Alot of television gigs and doing alot of old Byrds material along with the new capital records stuff.

They did a follow up album and was to be named "City"But Gene Clark was getting unreliable and wasn`t happy with the way the groups music was heading so he decided to take a lesser role in the second album and in the band in general.

So there was a second album but it was titled not "City"but " Roger McGuinn And Chriss Hillman with Special GuestGene Clark."

By 1981 Gene Clark had moved on And McGuinn And Hillman continued to tour.For A brief amount of time.

We are starting to get a picture of how american folk music mixed with British Rock sound to get what we know as traditional Country Rock now days and these important players in how our music got its shape. They Of Course at the time did not know they were actually helping shape modern american music. But Thats how things happen ,First with a little shock from the unknown rock and Then a little mixture of more staple music like folk musicAnd whamo country rock or folk rock is born.Another good example is Elvis he had a big back ground in gospel and really listened to alot and got big influences in the southern style black folk music and he took that another step mixed it with some rock and came out with what some will say the first real rocknroll or even pop music that we hear so much of today........================================----------------To Be Continued--------------Everly Brothers ::::::::: 1956The Everly BrothersThis Story To What I have learned starts or at least we pick it up in Brownie Kentucky.Its Feburary 1 1937 Don Everly is Born into a musical family, Father Ike Married The girl next door and Her name was Margaret Embry. The Couple soon moved to the Chicago area Where Ike And His Brothers Belong to a family band. Where they would play harmonizing country music in the poker rooms and beer halls Born About 2 years later is little brother Phil Everly, Who comes along Janurary 19 1939.. Things are going well for the Everlys Playing music in Chicagos beer halls .Father Ike even bought one of the very first electric guitars.. And With His brothers Charlie And Leonard. Who all had moved north to Chicago to get away from the hard life of coal mining.,Were playing all the pool halls and bars of madison street.But Even with their success Ike And Margaret wanted the more stable rural life for their boys Don And Phillip.. So In 1944 Ike took a job at a radio station in Waterloo Iowa., Sure that a good job at a radio station would be more Stable For The Future Of His Young Family. But Ikes Brothers Charlie And Leonard Stayed behind in Chicago.Ike got young Don And Phil playing Guitar at a very early age. And It was not long they were also singing backup harmonies on live radio at the Station where Ike Worked.. This Proved To Be A Great training ground for the Two young Everly`s Boys. They Developed a vocal harmony with each other, That Would later help shape The Music Industry..The Boys Finished school in the shanandoah Iowa Area, And After that they moved toNashville Tenn. There They Got Jobs as writers of songs For Cadence records. And Acuff -Rose Music company. And Later taking Wesely Rose As their Manager.The Brothers First Big Hit Song However Was Not Even Written By Them. It was a song written by Husband and wife writers, Felice And Boudleaux Bryant, But Did Make The Everly`s First Million Seller The Year was late in 1956 the song Bye Bye Love. And Believe it or not "Bye Bye Love" Was rejected by other acts popular at the time like Elvis But Went On To Be number 2 on the pop charts Thanks Elvis..This Mega hit united the brothers with the song writing couple, And Thru Archie Bleyers Owner Of Cadence Records, The Team Went On To Record Many More Hits. Hits Like“Wake Up Lil Susi”, “All I Have To Do Is Dream” “Bird Dog” 'Problems” “Till I Kissed YouThese Songs All Went Top 5It was just a matter of a few years, The Brothers went from singingbackup harmony`s for mom and dads live radio show in IowaTo be inspiring the music to the likes of The Beatles, and Simon And Garfunkle, And The Beach Boys, And On To Effect Change To The Shape Of Our Modern Pop Music.

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I Am begining to wonder if I`m going to get this 2009 lineup done before 2009 is over ? Geez There Are Alot Of Bass Guitars Out There.
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